Walter murray



littd y tatet WAL'TER MURRAY, or CHICAGO', ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 92,634, dated July/13, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS .AND SHOE-S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent ami making part of the same.

To all whom 'it 'may concern.:

Be it known that I, WALTER MURRAY, of Scotland, resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Boots and Shoes and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this speciication, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts .wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

Figure 1 represents the section of the boot, and

Figure 2 is the top view of the inner sole and heel.

The object of my invention being to improve the appearance of the foot when clothed-in a boot or shoe,

lts nature consists in providing the boot or shoe with an inner heel, so arranged that the foot stands always in natural posture, and comfortably, inside of such a boot or shoe; also in bringing, by the said inner heel, the outer heel of the boot or shoe down, whereby the shank of the same becomes curved upwards, showing the foot with a high instep.

The improvement consists' also in the mode of attaching the' metallic spring, strengthening the shank of the boot or shoe to the insole and the said inner heel'o the same, in sucha manner as to adapt the said shank to the foot of any shape, that is, flat or hollow.

A is the inner heel or cork, presenting itself a grad- -ual enlargement in thickness ofthe insole E, to the rear of the boot or shoe. It may be made higher or lower, according to the shape of the foot, and to the object of forming a higher or lower instep.

It is made ot' leather, cork, or any other-suitable material, and so arranged, in combination with the insole E, that the foot B rests on the said inner heel an the insole in a natural position. y

C is a curved metallic spring, single or double, riv. eted, or otherwise secured, at the rear, to the inner heel- A, and provided with a slot, d, at the front end, through which slot passes pin f of the metallic plate F,1iveted to the insole E, the spring G having the purpose of strengtheningfand of giving a curvature to 1 the shank Grot the boot or shoe.

The plate F protects the insole from rapid wearing by the fore end ofthe spring C, while the slot d, cut lengthway in the spring, allows the spring to play, and thus to accommodate itself to the foot of -any shape, Hat or hollow.

The above description shows that by the arrangement of the inner heell A, as described, the foot always preserves an easy, natural, and comfortable position in the boot or shoefwhle the shank of the boot or shoe, having no strain whatever, iskept, by the spring C, always in the same curved shape, and makes the foot to present, in outward appearance, a high instep, and to appear smallerthan it really is.

Being aware Vthat metallic springs, for the purposeof shaping the shanks of boots and shoes, are in use, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. 'lhe spring C, having its rear end attached rigidly l to the heel, and 'having its front end secn'redtothe sole by means of the spur f andv the slot d, subst'au tially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. rlhe inner heel A, constructed and applied, as

shown'and described, for the purposeof giving greater curve-to the sole, as set forth.

WALTER MURRAY..

Witnesses:

J. B. TURCHIN, G. A. MARINER. 

